BGA | BUSINESS IMPACT
I t was my great pleasure to welcome 352 virtual guests to the AMBA & BGA Excellence Awards in January. These were our largest-ever Excellence Awards featuring 59 finalists and I'm delighted to use this opportunity to share some highlights of the winning entries with you. NEOMA Business School (France) scooped the Best Innovation Strategy 2022 award, in association with Barco, for the ‘NEOMA Business School Virtual Campus’, which aims to provide a place where studying, teaching, meeting, and chatting can take place virtually. IE Business School (Spain) won Best Lifelong Learning Initiative 2022, in association with Kortext, for ‘Turn It Around – Alumni Engagement’. IE Business School designed a virtual toolkit to accompany students and alumni, with online learning content showcasing alumni making a difference in the world. International Business School Suzhou, Xi’an Jiaotong- Liverpool University (XJTLU) (China) won Best CSR and Sustainability Initiative 2022 for ‘15 Ways in 15 Weeks’. This semester-long initiative drove sustainable and positive behavioural change at the Business School. International Management Institute (MIM-Kyiv) (Ukraine) won Best Business School Partnership 2022, in association with Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) with BookChef Publishing House. Through this partnership, MIM-Kyiv brings an international agenda to Ukraine; and helps Ukrainian businesspeople gain access to business books – and even meet some of the authors in person. Centrum PUCP Business School, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (Peru), won Best Culture, Diversity and Inclusion Initiative 2022, in association with McGraw Hill Education, for ‘Word of Women Academy’. Through eight courses, 650 women were trained in a free programme. EGADE Business School, Tecnológico de Monterrey (Mexico), won the coveted BGA Business School Impact Award 2022 for ‘Sustainable Wealth Creation Based on Innovation and Technology (SWIT)’. This model is a sustainable wealth creation framework based on disruptive innovation and enabling technologies. We also celebrated BGA’s third anniversary on 21 January 2022. Since BGA’s launch, the network has welcomed 195 Business Schools as BGA members and accredited 20 Schools. As the BGA movement, of which you are a very valued member, moves from strength to strength, I would be pleased to welcome you all in person, to our AMBA & BGA Global Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, from 15-18 May 2022. During the event, world-class speakers will address: innovation; hybrid teaching; lifelong learning; responsible management and sustainability; diversity, equity and inclusion; partnerships and alliances; student experience and wellbeing; and faculty development. The conference will also provide great opportunities to connect with fellow Business School leaders and I will look forward to seeing you there. www.businessgraduatesassociation.com/bga_events/ amba-bga-global-conference-2022/
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BGA's third anniversary: celebrating success As BGA celebrates its third anniversary, AMBA & BGA CEO, Andrew Main Wilson , unveils the winning Schools in the AMBA & BGA Excellence Awards 2022, and looks forward to this year's Global Conference, to be held in Lisbon in May
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